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Fixing DCC SEND from behind an ip-masq proxy

Enable IRC port masq and forwarding by running in the proxy machine:

$ /sbin/insmod ip_masq_irc ports=6667,6668,6669,7000,1024,1025,1026,1027,1028,1029,1030,1031

(You may need to add/change ports, both for the servers, and for the DCCs -- but you must keep the number under 12, or edit the module to support more.)

On the client machine, you need to tell your client to use these ports.
(Please disconnect from the IRC server before using these settings.) For mIRC:

Last updated on 2001-09-29 15:00:00 -0700, by Shalom Craimer

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